Word
Publikummet ankommer om en time.
Meaning
The audience arrives in an hour.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Publikummet ankommer om en time.
en
a / an (common)
ankomme
to arrive
timen
the hour
publikummet
the audience
Questions & Answers about Publikummet ankommer om en time.
Why do we use om instead of i for 'in an hour'?
In Danish, om is used to talk about a specific point in the future, so om en time means 'in an hour from now.' If you used i, as in i en time, it would mean the action lasts 'for an hour' (duration). Since arriving happens in an instant rather than continuously over an hour, om is the correct choice here.
Why does publikummet have a double M?
The base noun is et publikum. When adding the definite ending -et to mean 'the audience', the final consonant doubles to become publikummet. This is a common Danish spelling rule to keep the vowel sound just before the consonant short.
Why does the sentence use the present tense ankommer if the audience is arriving in the future?
Danish often uses the present tense for future actions. You do not always need a future helper verb like vil or skal when there is a specific time phrase like om en time that already makes it perfectly clear the event is happening in the future.
Does time in Danish mean the same as 'time' in English?
No, they are false friends! In Danish, en time strictly means 'an hour.' If you want to talk about 'time' in a general sense, the Danish word to use is tid.